Team

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Citations

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Ants

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People

Mohammed “Simo” Errbii → Population genomics and genome evolution in ants.


Rebecca Rothering → The evolutionary significance of TEs in ants.


Esther van den Boes → Rapid evolution and TE-induced genetic variation in invasive ants.


Janina Rinke → The impact of horizontal gene transfers in ants.


Nic Schröder → Ant virome evolution and evolutionary genomics of insect endosymbionts.


Maja Drakula → Colony recognition and self-/non-self discrimination in invasive ants.


Nadine Kortüm → Molecular characterization of ant LGTs.


Lukas Schrader → All of the above



Former Members:

  • Lena Wiegert: Canalization and phenotypic diversification in Cardiocondyla obscurior.
  • Svenja Kieckhäfer: The role of cuticular hydrocarbons in desiccation resistance in ants
  • Eyleen Wiese: The genetic basis of CHC biosynthesis in ants





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Publications

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Lukas Schrader

22 publications (co-)authored by Lukas Schrader (google scholar)
Title Authors Journal Year
Advances in deciphering the genetic basis of insect cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis and variation H Holze, L Schrader, J Buellesbach Heredity 2021
Relaxed selection underlies genome erosion in socially parasitic ant species L Schrader, H Pan, M Bollazzi, M Schiøtt, FJ Larabee, X Bi, Y Deng, … Nature communications 2021
Transposable elements and introgression introduce genetic variation in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior M Errbii, J Keilwagen, KJ Hoff, R Steffen, J Altmüller, J Oettler, L Schrader Molecular Ecology 2021
Inhibition of HSP90 causes morphological variation in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior L Schrader, M Winter, M Errbii, J Delabie, J Oettler, J Gadau Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution 2021
Genome assembly and annotation of the California harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus J Bohn, R Halabian, L Schrader, V Shabardina, R Steffen, Y Suzuki, … G 2021
Genomic architecture and evolutionary dynamics of a social niche polymorphism in the California harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus M Errbii, UR Ernst, A Lajmi, J Gadau, L Schrader bioRxiv 2021
Genetic redundancy resolves invasion paradox in Colorado potato beetle F Yang, M Crossley, L Schrader, I Dubovskiy, R Zhang 2021
Publisher Correction: Relaxed selection underlies genome erosion in socially parasitic ant species L Schrader, H Pan, M Bollazzi, M Schiøtt, FJ Larabee, X Bi, Y Deng, … Nature Communications 2021
Genetic and genomic architecture of species-specific cuticular hydrocarbon variation in parasitoid wasps J Buellesbach, H Holze, L Schrader, J Liebig, T Schmitt, J Gadau, … bioRxiv 2021
Functional insights from the GC-poor genomes of two aphid parasitoids, Aphidius ervi and Lysiphlebus fabarum AB Dennis, GI Ballesteros, S Robin, L Schrader, J Bast, J Berghöfer, … BMC genomics 2020
The impact of transposable elements in adaptive evolution L Schrader, J Schmitz Molecular Ecology 2019
Stress and early experience underlie dominance status and division of labour in a clonal insect A Bernadou, L Schrader, J Pable, E Hoffacker, K Meusemann, J Heinze Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2018
Accelerated Evolution of Developmentally Biased Genes in the Tetraphenic Ant Cardiocondyla obscurior L Schrader, H Helanterä, J Oettler Molecular biology and evolution 2017
The Global Ant Genomics Alliance (GAGA) JJ Boomsma, SG Brady, RR Dunn, J Gadau, J Heinze, L Keller, … Myrmecological news 2017
Evolution of social insect polyphenism facilitated by the sex differentiation cascade A Klein, E Schultner, H Lowak, L Schrader, J Heinze, L Holman, J Oettler PLoS genetics 2016
A novel intracellular mutualistic bacterium in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior A Klein, L Schrader, R Gil, A Manzano-Marín, L Flórez, D Wheeler, … The ISME journal 2016
Phenotypic plasticity in Cardiocondyla obscurior L Schrader 2016
Sphingolipids, Transcription Factors, and Conserved Toolkit Genes: Developmental Plasticity in the Ant Cardiocondyla obscurior L Schrader, DF Simola, J Heinze, J Oettler Molecular Biology and Evolution 2015
Expression of the Foraging Gene Is Associated with Age Polyethism, Not Task Preference, in the Ant Cardiocondyla obscurior J Oettler, AL Nachtigal, L Schrader PLoS One 2015
Mating with an allopatric male triggers immune response and decreases longevity of ant queens A Schrempf, K Von Wyschetzki, A Klein, L Schrader, J Oettler, J Heinze Molecular ecology 2015
Transposable element islands facilitate adaptation to novel environments in an invasive species L Schrader, JW Kim, D Ence, A Zimin, A Klein, K Wyschetzki, … Nature communications 2014
Evolution from the prokaryotic to the higher plant chloroplast signal recognition particle: the signal recognition particle RNA is conserved in plastids of a wide range of … C Träger, MA Rosenblad, D Ziehe, C Garcia-Petit, L Schrader, K Kock, … The Plant Cell 2012

Mohammed Errbii

4 publications (co-)authored by Mohammed Errbii (google scholar)
Title Authors Journal Year
Transposable elements and introgression introduce genetic variation in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior M Errbii, J Keilwagen, KJ Hoff, R Steffen, J Altmüller, J Oettler, L Schrader Molecular Ecology 2021
Inhibition of HSP90 causes morphological variation in the invasive ant Cardiocondyla obscurior L Schrader, M Winter, M Errbii, J Delabie, J Oettler, J Gadau Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental … 2021
Genomic architecture and evolutionary dynamics of a social niche polymorphism in the California harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus M Errbii, UR Ernst, A Lajmi, J Gadau, L Schrader bioRxiv 2021
Functional insights from the GC-poor genomes of two aphid parasitoids, Aphidius ervi and Lysiphlebus fabarum AB Dennis, GI Ballesteros, S Robin, L Schrader, J Bast, J Berghöfer, … BMC genomics 2020

Research

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Genome Evolution in ants

GAGA

Canalization and phenotypic robustness in ants

Funding

The work in our group is made possible by generous funding from the German Research Foundation DFG, the Santander Mobilitätsfonds, and the SAFIR funding program.

Press coverage


The Scientist Adapting with a Little Help from Jumping Genes
This beautiful article from 2022 features our work on the impact of transposable elements in invasive Cardiocondyla.


Süddeutsche Zeitung Faul wie eine Ameise
The title roughly translates to lazy as an ant and the article from 2021 summarizes our findings on genome erosion in socially parasitic species of Acromyrmex.


Mittelbayrische Zeitung Ameisen profitieren von „Mitbewohnern“
This article published in 2015 in the Mittelbayerische Zeitung focuses on our discovery of the ant endosymbiont Westeberhardia, which is named after the great Mary-Jane West-Eberhard.


Süddeutsche Zeitung Faul wie eine Ameise
This press release from 2014 highlights our characterization of TE islands in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior.

Contact

If you’re interested in joining us, send an email to Lukas.Schrader[at]wwu.de. Projects should address open evolutionary or ecologically questions include population genomics, comparative analyses, molecular biology, field work or behavioral experiments.